Israel fears radical takeover in Egypt

by HANAN GREENBERG, Ynet — Extremist takeover in Egypt would put Israel in ‘wholly different position,’ security official warns.  A fundamental change of government in Egypt may lead to a “revolution in Israel’s security doctrine,” a defense official told Ynet Friday night, as protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s rule continued to intensify.  The security official…

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Alternatives to Mubarak

by Caroline Glick Today the Egyptian regime faces its gravest threat since Anwar Sadat’s assassination thirty years ago. As protesters take to the street for the third day in a row demanding the overthrow of 82-year old President Hosni Mubarak, it is worth considering the possible alternatives to his regime. Thursday afternoon, Egyptian presidential hopeful…

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Pat's interview with CBN about the Auschwitz Album Revisited

Pat Hutchens sits down with Julia Gabriel from Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss her 28 paintings from the Auschwitz Album Revisited.  Today, while we recognize International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pat is showing the paintings in their first exhibit at Regent University, VA Beach. Pat has used oil paintings to give life to those lost in…

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Pat Hutchen's Work Brings Holocaust Victims 'Back to Life'

by Julia Gabriel, CBN News Thursday, the world remembers the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. It was this day in 1945 that the last of Adolf Hitler’s Auschwitz death camps were liberated. The United Nations started International Holocaust Remembrance Day six years ago in response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rejecting his denial…

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The "Palestine Papers" Story Is A Fabrication

by Barry Rubin The “Palestine Papers” hoax is (or, more accurately, should be) turning into the most teachable moment about the Israel-Palestinian conflict in modern history. At least, everyone has reversed what happened: The compromise position was offered by Israel; the Palestinians rejected peace. Are we going to see this story corrected? The “Palestine Papers”…

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A Hezbollah-Run Lebanon, but No Panic in Israel

by Isabel Kershner,  The New York Times For Israel, the prospect of a government in Lebanon backed by Hezbollah, one of Israel’s worst enemies, seemed to be the realization of a nightmare. Yet some analysts here said it was not necessarily an immediate cause for alarm. The previous Beirut government, led by Saad Hariri, “never…

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Latest Chapter in Mideast Tension: Mitchell vs. Ross

by NATHAN GUTTMAN, FORWARD —  The Israeli-Palestinian peace process may be near collapse, but the Washington turf wars surrounding it are still going strong, according to sources involved in the negotiations. The administration’s top Middle East hands — special envoy George Mitchell and White House adviser Dennis Ross — are increasingly at loggerheads, these sources…

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The U.N. Gangs Up on Israel—Again

by  ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, WALL STREET JOURNAL —  Only a U.S. veto can prevent the adoption of a resolution that will make peace harder to achieve. Although I have opposed Israel’s civilian settlements in the West Bank since 1973, I strongly believe that the United States should veto a resolution currently before the U.N. Security Council…

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Peru formally recognizes Palestinian state

by Emet Report Peru said on Monday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining a growing number of Latin American countries in making an endorsement the United States has called premature. Israel has warned that declarations by Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador and Guyana could undermine the Middle East peace process.  Peruvian Foreign Minister…

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‘Palestine papers’ bring more embarrassment to Arab leaders

by Sheera Frenkel, Jewish World Review Reaction to a trove of secret documents from Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations was fast and furious Monday, as Palestinians sought to defend or attack their leaders amid allegations that they had offered serious concessions on key issues. In Ramallah, the capital of the Palestinian Authority, a crowd rampaged against the…

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